The Last Five Days

[Queen Chibi]

Kenji's averted his eyes to the ground. "No... you were right earlier. I did have something to with the event..." He raised his hands in finger quotes with the world event, trying to avoid using the word murders. He sighed, he didn't want to tell her, but there was no use hiding it anymore, the angry townspeople had called him a murderer already. "The townspeople think I killed my stepmother, they're absolutely sure of it because we had a nasty arguement before she was brutally stabbed to death..." He used the term nasty arguement to avoid being too specific on why he would have had motive to kill her. "Before I left town permanently, the rumor was that I drowned her daughter in the river after she found out..."

[Roland Voidheart]

Holy hell. Are you hearing this, Rack?

Yeah. He's fuckin' NUTS...

No, not that. He was involved with 'that thing' that happened here; and THAT is exactly what YOU came here to find out about, right?

You have a point. We should keep watching these people. We might get to learn more

Atticus concealed himself further, hiding behind a dense shrub, listening more intently to what was being said.

[TalonShadowfox]

"I don't care" Veronika replied, albeit a little coldly. "ken-ji... want to know a secret? want to know the reason why my parents brought me to this town?"

The edges of her mouth twisted up ward into a grin. "The psychologists said that the air from the city was bad for me. Thats what they told me... but they were all liars they shipped me here because the city didn't want to deal with me."

She turned her back away from kenji, "I hate them! did they ever think that maybe I didn't want to leave? that maybe even though I was a kid I deserved the truth? NO! they lied to me. They told me it wasn't my fault that we had to move. Even mommy and daddy lied!"

Then, once more her voice returned to normal, "Maybe I'll finish my story another day... but I will never lie to you kenji, remember that"

[Konaa Hirano]

Name: Konaa Hirano
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Job: 9th Grade Student
Appearance/Clothes: http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/377/ita...wataru01pe7.jpg
Weapons: The pendant around his neck is a switchblade in disguise.
Background: His parents are obsessed with mysteries, and this is the most mysterious village in the prefecture.  the move was inevitable and its finally happened.  They moved from a big city.



The alarm went off.  The piercing noise stirred Konaa from his wonderful slumber.  Aww man...please tell me it's not..Raising his head, he gazed with sleepy eyes at the clock.  Yup, 9:00.  Goddammit, its morning again.

Reluctantly, he pulled himself out of bed, rubbing his eyes.  His school things were all ready for him by the bed.  After a quick shower he got dressed and picked up his backpack.  What a pain.  At least in the city he lived like two streets away from the school and could afford to sleep in a bit...

On his way out, his mother called to him.  "Konaa!  If you hear anything about...well, you know, let me know, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah...I'm sure they'll be spilling mysteries of the murder every inch of the way."

Considering the tourism this place got, he wouldn't be surprised.  But his mother had touched upon the reason for this change of scenery...She and his father just couldn't resist a mystery.  If it was unknown and vague they were hooked.  The incredible aura of mystery around this town was more then they could resist, obviously.  And thus they dragged him to the middle of nowhere.  Not that he cared.  He had to wake up early, he had to go to school- this place was essentially the same as the city.  The scenery and the people were just unimportant details.

As he walked down the dirt path leading away from his house, it struck him that he had no clue where the school was.  Well, first day was going fabulously so far.  After a bit of walking he had to conclude that he wasn't going to find it on his own- he didn't care nearly enough to put any effort into locating it.  That was when he saw a couple of people-Kenji and Veronika- standing some ways away.  He didn't know or care what they were doing, but hey, they might know..

"Hey.  You two.  Where's the school?"

[TalonShadowfox]

"Today is a school day?" Veronika asked curiously, she was to busy being upset at her parents to have noticed, "Oh no! I shouldn't be late..."

"Sorry... I have no idea where the school is... kenji? do you know?" she asked

[Queen Chibi]

Kenji sighed, he knew the whole school thing would come up with Veronika sooner or later in the day. Even if Saturdays school is only until twelve, he didn't want to let go of the feeling of familiarity that she gave him. But this new guy... he wanted him gone as soon as possible, but he didn't see a way to do that without directing him to the school. He began to tighten the grip on the golf club, but then mentally scolded himself for contemplating killing the new guy. He shook his head. "Sorry, It's been five years since I was here last so I don't remember. It's only till 12, missing one day won't hurt. In fact, I never went on Saturdays."

[TalonShadowfox]

Veronika sighed, "I suppose one day wouldn't really matter that much... Its not like anybody knows my face yet"

Of course she didn't really mind this, she could use this time to explore the village and find all those little places that the adults 'didn't want you to find'. The construction site back in the city had been fun. She had even adopted a nickname from the workers there, Blood Child. She smiled at the memory, one of those foolish workers had gone off on his own. She had taught him personally that the construction site was a dangerous place. Especially one haunted by ghosts.